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Rats, I forgot to mention that I agree with you that Christ was enfleshed at the time of common Greek language and word concepts for that very purpose, to spread the Gospel to the entire civilized world.

By his conquering, Alexander the Great, a subject of Daniel's prophesy, normalized the Greek language in the civilized world. Not only that but certain word concepts going as far back as Plato became common knowledge, e.g. Logos.

Moreover, this clue from Scripture:

And there were certain Greeks among them that came up to worship at the feast: The same came therefore to Philip, which was of Bethsaida of Galilee, and desired him, saying, Sir, we would see Jesus. Philip cometh and telleth Andrew: and again Andrew and Philip tell Jesus. And Jesus answered them, saying, The hour is come, that the Son of man should be glorified. - John 12:20-23

However, ahem to Kosta50, there are certain Hebrew word concepts which, IMHO, should be better understood even by the Greek speaking Christians, e.g. nephesh, neshama, ruach, ruach Elohim

[.. there are certain Hebrew word concepts ..]

Indeed.. these concepts were foreign to ALL other languages and cultures.. for they came from and were inspired by God(the real one).. since the Jews (when/after they became Jews).. were dealt with the real God.. Certain Hebrew words were unique to what God was doing with the hebrews.. like Messiah.. Holy.. Shekinah.. Angel.. in the unique hebrew sense..

Joseph Campbell (the study of myth) missed this unique event.. God(the real one) choosing(even constructing) a certain group of people.. on this planet for a particular TASK..

By his conquering, Alexander the Great, a subject of Daniel's prophesy, normalized the Greek language in the civilized world. Not only that but certain word concepts going as far back as Plato became common knowledge, e.g. Logos.

Jeepers, it's like we've been comparing notes this afternoon, my dearest sister in Christ! LOLOL!!!

I do agree with you, we need to remember that Christianity's heritage is both Hebrew and Greek. Christ then took it all "to the next level."

Must run away for a while to take care of certain chores. But I'll be back soon!

Thank you so much for your beautiful, wise, and graceful essay/posts!